Cenozoic Mammals Of North America
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Author | : Michael O. Woodburne |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 413 |
Release | : 2004-04-21 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0231503784 |
This book places into modern context the information by which North American mammalian paleontologists recognize, divide, calibrate, and discuss intervals of mammalian evolution known as North American Land Mammal Ages. It incorporates new information on the systematic biology of the fossil record and utilizes the many recent advances in geochronologic methods and their results. The book describes the increasingly highly resolved stratigraphy into which all available temporally significant data and applications are integrated. Extensive temporal coverage includes the Lancian part of the Late Cretaceous, and geographical coverage includes information from Mexico, an integral part of the North American fauna, past and present.
Author | : Michael O. Woodburne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1987-01-01 |
Genre | : Geology |
ISBN | : 9780520053922 |
Author | : Christine M. Janis |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 712 |
Release | : 1998-05-28 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521355193 |
This book is designed as a source and reference for people interested in the history and fossil record of North American tertiary mammals. Each chapter covers a different family or order, and includes information on anatomical features, systematics, the distribution of the genera and species at different fossil localities, and a discussion of their paleobiology. Many of these groups have never been covered in this fashion before.
Author | : Jean F. Blashfield |
Publisher | : Heinemann-Raintree Library |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2005-11-23 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781403476616 |
Imagine the blooming of the very first flower. Or a 3-ton sloth with massive claws standing as tall as a giraffe. And horses the size of small dogs that have toes instead of hooves. This is not a dream or vision of an artist or author. This is North America over 20 million years ago! Journey into the distant past with this book and witness the earliest events in North America; when mammals rose from the shadows of the extinct dinosaurs to fill the land, and the first flowers and grasslands bloomed.
Author | : Federico Agnolin |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 3031562666 |
Author | : Christine M. Janis |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 795 |
Release | : 2008-06-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 113947152X |
This second volume completes the unique survey of North American Tertiary mammals, and covers all the remaining taxa not contained in Volume 1. It provides a complete listing of mammalian diversity over time and space, and evaluates the effect of biogeography and climatic change on evolutionary patterns and faunal transitions, with the distribution in time and space of each taxon laid out in a standardized format. It contains six summary chapters that integrate systematic and biogeographic information for higher taxa, and provides a detailed account of the patterns of occurrence for different species at hundreds of different fossil localities, with the inclusion of many more localities than were contained in the first volume. With over thirty chapters, each written by leading authorities, and an addendum that updates the occurrence and systematics of all of the groups covered in Volume 1, this will be a valuable reference for paleontologists and zoologists.
Author | : Henry Fairfield Osborn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Mammals, Fossil |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard A. Fariña |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2013-05-22 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0253007194 |
“An enjoyable read that provides a substantial amount of detail on the biology, ecology, and distribution of these fantastic animals . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Megafauna describes the history and way of life of these animals, their comings and goings, and what befell them at the beginning of the modern era and the arrival of humans. It places these giants within the context of the other mammals then alive, describing their paleobiology—how they walked; how much they weighed; their diets, behavior, biomechanics; and the interactions among them and with their environment. It also tells the stories of the scientists who contributed to our discovery and knowledge of these transcendent creatures and the environment they inhabited. The episode known as the Great American Biotic Interchange, perhaps the most important of all natural history “experiments,” is also an important theme of the book, tracing the biotic events of both North and South America that led to the fauna and the ecosystems discussed in this book. “Collectively, this book brings attention to the discovery and natural history of ancient beasts in South America while providing a broader temporal and geographic background that allows readers to understand their evolution and potential immigration to South America.” —Quarterly Review of Biology “An excellent volume . . . This book is likely to facilitate progress in the understanding of fossil mammals from the Americas.” —Priscum
Author | : Thomas M. Bown |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0813722438 |
Author | : C. S. Churcher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 675 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780802007285 |
This unique volume of thirty essays, by fifty-three internationally known scholars, honours C.S. (Rufus) Churcher, the distinguished Canadian palaeontologist. The papers focus on late Cenozoic mammals in North America and Africa and provide both site-specific descriptions of faunas and their associated geological contexts, and more general syntheses of regional palaeoenvironments and biogeography. The volume provides a much-needed overview of current research. The stature of the researchers who have contributed to the volume, and the breadth of the material presented, is a reflection of Churcher s diverse research interests. The first section contains eleven papers on the palaeoenvironment and palaeoecology of Quaternary mammals in North America; the second section has 9 contributions describing faunas and morphological analyses of North American Quaternary mammals; and the final section contains nine papers on the palaeoecology and palaeoenvironments of late Cenozoic mammals of Africa. In this final section, Alan Gentry pays tribute to Churcher by naming a species after him: Budorcas churcheri. The volume contains individual discussions of North American fossil prairie dogs, mastodons, zebras, short-faced bears, sabre cats, lions, giant armadillos, elk-moose, caribou and muskrats, as well as African hyaenas, zebras, hipparion horses, antelopes, rodents, and giraffes. "